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Pozik Yosef Azaryan

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Muhasebe memuru · 4 career entriesTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · 1,000; 1,185; 1,250 kuruş
    1. Muhasebe memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · Calculated age 23 · 1,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    2. Muhasebe memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · Calculated age 23 · 1,250 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

    3. Muhasebe memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · Calculated age 23 · 1,185 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      [1]

  2. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Muhasebe memuru · 3 career entriesTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · Demiryolları Kalemi · 1,185; 1,900 kuruş
    1. Muhasebe memuru

      Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · Calculated age 24 · 1,185 kuruş

      Broader service field: Finance and revenue

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      Demiryolları Kalemi · Calculated age 24 · 1,900 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      · Calculated age 24

      [2]

  3. 1873/74 (AH 1290)Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi · 1,900; 2,200 kuruş
    1. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      Demiryolları Kalemi · Calculated age 25 · 1,900 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      Demiryolları Kalemi · Calculated age 25 · 2,200 kuruş

      [1]

  4. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi · 2,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      Demiryolları Kalemi · Calculated age 26 · 2,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  5. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi · 2,200 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      Demiryolları Kalemi · Calculated age 27 · 2,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  6. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · 2 career entriesDemiryolları Kalemi · 2,200 kuruş
    1. Demiryolları Kalemi memuru

      Demiryolları Kalemi · Calculated age 28 · 2,200 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. İstifa

      · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  7. 1877/78 (AH 1294)ŞehbenderZare · Zara · 3,500 kuruş
    1. Şehbender

      Zare · Calculated age 29 · 3,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

    2. Şehbender

      Zara · Calculated age 29

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [2]

  8. 1878 (AH 1295)ŞehbenderZare · 3,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Şehbender

      Zare · Calculated age 30 · 3,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1878/79 (AH 1296)ŞehbenderZare · 3,500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Şehbender

      Zare · Calculated age 31 · 3,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  10. 1879/80 (AH 1297)Şehbender · 3 career entriesZare · Vidin · 2,000; 3,500 kuruş
    1. Şehbender

      Zare · Calculated age 32 · 3,500 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 32 · 2,000 kuruş

      [1]

    3. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 32

      [2]

  11. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Tüccar vekiliVidin · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 33 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  12. 1881/82 (AH 1299)Tüccar vekiliVidin · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 34 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  13. 1882/83 (AH 1300)Tüccar vekili · 2 career entriesVidin · Parsilon · 2,000 kuruş
    1. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 35 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Başşehbender

      Parsilon · Calculated age 35

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [2]

  14. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Tüccar vekiliVidin · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 36 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Tüccar vekiliVidin · 2,000 kuruşContinuing service described by the source
    1. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 37 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  16. 1885/86 (AH 1303)Tüccar vekili · 2 career entriesVidin · Zare · 2,000; 3,000 kuruş
    1. Tüccar vekili

      Vidin · Calculated age 38 · 2,000 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Şehbender

      Zare · Calculated age 38 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

  17. 1886/87 (AH 1304)Şehbender · 2 career entriesZare · Barselona · 3,000 kuruş
    1. Şehbender

      Zare · Calculated age 39 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Başşehbender vekili

      Barselona · Calculated age 39 · 3,000 kuruş

      Broader service field: Diplomatic and consular service

      [1]

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

01,7503,5001871/72AH 12881886/87AH 13041871/72 (AH 1288) · Muhasebe memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · age 23 · 1,000 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Muhasebe memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · age 23 · 1,250 kuruş1871/72 (AH 1288) · Muhasebe memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · age 23 · 1,185 kuruş1872/73 (AH 1289) · Muhasebe memuru · Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi · age 24 · 1,185 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · Demiryolları Kalemi · age 24 · 1,900 kuruş1873/74 (AH 1290) · Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · Demiryolları Kalemi · age 25 · 1,900 kuruş · Source-bounded service1873/74 (AH 1290) · Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · Demiryolları Kalemi · age 25 · 2,200 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · Demiryolları Kalemi · age 26 · 2,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1875/76 (AH 1292) · Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · Demiryolları Kalemi · age 27 · 2,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1876/77 (AH 1293) · Demiryolları Kalemi memuru · Demiryolları Kalemi · age 28 · 2,200 kuruş · Source-bounded service1877/78 (AH 1294) · Şehbender · Zare · age 29 · 3,500 kuruş1878 (AH 1295) · Şehbender · Zare · age 30 · 3,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Şehbender · Zare · age 31 · 3,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Şehbender · Zare · age 32 · 3,500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1879/80 (AH 1297) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 32 · 2,000 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 33 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1881/82 (AH 1299) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 34 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1882/83 (AH 1300) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 35 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1883/84 (AH 1301) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 36 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1884/85 (AH 1302) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 37 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Tüccar vekili · Vidin · age 38 · 2,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1885/86 (AH 1303) · Şehbender · Zare · age 38 · 3,000 kuruş1886/87 (AH 1304) · Şehbender · Zare · age 39 · 3,000 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Başşehbender vekili · Barselona · age 39 · 3,000 kuruş

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1848/49 (AH 1265) [source]
Father’s occupation
tüccar [source]
Nationality or community
Ermeni [source]
Religion
Katolik [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423 [2]

Education and languages

Armenian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]okuryazar [2]
French
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]okuryazar [2]
Greek
Eski Rumca okur yazar [source]
Italian
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]okuryazar [2]
Rum (as recorded)
Aşina [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]okuryazar [2]
Education
Paris İstanislas Sent Parb; Lise-i Bonaparte; Fransız Darülfünunu Hukuk Şubesi [source]Paris Stanislas ve Saint Barbé okulları [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
23 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi [source]
First-salary field
1000 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1871/72 (AH 1288) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. II. Abdülhamid dönemi sicil dosyalarına göre şehbenderler (1876-1909)

    BERİVAN SULTAN DUMAN · 2024 · Pages 237

  2. Osmanlı Merkez Bürokrasisinde Gayrimüslimlerin İstihdamı (1839–1876)

    Sevilay Kasap · 2011 · Pages 217, 218

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